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[08/08/12 - 02:31 PM]
Tuesday's Cable Ratings: "Storage Wars" Claims Top Honors for A&E
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select cable nielsen ratings
(national numbers for tuesday, august 7, 2012)

Here are the highlights of 24 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Storage Wars (10:30) - A&E
3.724 million viewers, #1; 2.059 million adults 18-49 (1.6 rating), #1

Storage Wars (10:00) - A&E
3.334 million viewers, #2; 1.846 million adults 18-49 (1.4 rating), #2

Pretty Little Liars - ABC Family
2.445 million viewers, #3; 1.243 million adults 18-49 (1.0 rating), #4

Hardcore Pawn (9:00) - truTV
2.381 million viewers, #4; 1.028 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #7

Dance Moms (9:00) - Lifetime
2.162 million viewers, #5; 1.130 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #6

Teen Mom (10:00) - MTV
2.152 million viewers, #6; 1.517 million adults 18-49 (1.2 rating), #3

Dragons: Riders of Berk (7:30, 60 Minutes) - Cartoon
2.052 million viewers, #7; 0.437 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #15

Shipping Wars (9:30) - A&E
2.011 million viewers, #8; 1.161 million adults 18-49 (0.9 rating), #5

Shipping Wars (9:00) - A&E
1.862 million viewers, #9; 1.004 million adults 18-49 (0.8 rating), #8

Amazing World of Gumball (8:30) - Cartoon
1.805 million viewers, #10; 0.319 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #18

Deadliest Catch: Behind the Scenes - Discovery
1.414 million viewers, #11; 0.729 million adults 18-49 (0.6 rating), #9

Destination Truth (9:00) - Syfy
1.104 million viewers, #12; 0.533 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #13

Chopped - Food
1.069 million viewers, #13; 0.535 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #12

World's Worst Tenants (10:00) - Spike TV
1.021 million viewers, #14; 0.562 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating), #11

Haunted Highway - Syfy
1.010 million viewers, #15; 0.441 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #14

Beverly Hills Nannies - ABC Family
0.748 million viewers, #16; 0.389 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #16

Hollywood Heights - Nickelodeon
0.747 million viewers, #17; 0.204 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #21

Hard Knocks - HBO
0.737 million viewers, #18; 0.580 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating), #10

What Not to Wear (10:00) - TLC
0.672 million viewers, #19; 0.267 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #20

Rat Bastards (10:30) - Spike TV
0.596 million viewers, #20; 0.324 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating), #17

Craft Wars (8:00) - TLC
0.580 million viewers, #21; 0.294 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #19

Our America With Lisa Ling - OWN
0.458 million viewers, #22; 0.159 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #23

The Glee Project - Oxygen
0.447 million viewers, #23; 0.192 million adults 18-49 (0.2 rating), #22

Love Broker - Bravo
0.287 million viewers, #24; 0.134 million adults 18-49 (0.1 rating), #24

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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